Actor Steven Seagal is trending right now on Twitter for going after NFL players who took a knee during the national anthem on Sunday:
BREAKING: Hollywood action hero Steven Seagal brands NFL kneeling protest 'outrageous..a joke…disgusting'. @GMB pic.twitter.com/vVSzuQ3DI6
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) September 27, 2017
Seagal, who has a Russian passport that he received directly from Vladimir Putin, called into the London-based show from Moscow and said he’s risked his life “countless times for the American flag“:
I think it’s outrageous, I think it’s a joke, it’s disgusting. I respect the American flag. I myself have risked my life countless times for the American flag and I don’t understand or agree with this kind of behaviour. I think it’s an outrage.
Oh?
Video here:
Steven Seagal made his views clear about the #takeaknee protest. What do you think?
Full interview: https://t.co/hmO5FPNpTQ pic.twitter.com/S5SsfgKfck— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) September 27, 2017
Seagal was banned from traveling to Ukraine earlier this year because of his cozy relationship with the Russian president:
Amid Putin "bromance," Steven Seagal banned from Ukraine as national security threat https://t.co/UDIno0RXl3
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 6, 2017
Hey, we don’t like the kneeling but it’s better than whatever this is:
Steven Seagal apologises for his recent comments using the medium of Russian dance pic.twitter.com/lSmKLcKKTo
— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) September 27, 2017
Seagal received his Russian passport in 2016 during a meeting with Putin in the Kremlin:
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a Russian passport for U.S. actor Steven Seagal during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Nov. 25, 2016. Putin has given the passport to Seagal, a regular visitor to Russia in recent years, calling it a sign of a thaw in relations between the two countries. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 26, 2017
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